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echocardiography

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -ɒɡɹəfi

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noun

Meaning 1

The use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart; especially, cardiac ultrasonography done with cardiology-specific devices and training, as contrasted with POCUS applied cardiovascularly by any clinician.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sonography, ultrasonography, imaging

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noun

Meaning 2

a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study to structure and motions of the heart

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: diagnostic procedure, diagnostic technique

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sweh2gh-der. Proto-Hellenic *wākhā́ Ancient Greek ἠχή (ēkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Ancient Greek -ώ (-ṓ) Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ)bor. Latin ēchō Medieval Latin ēccōbor. Middle English eccho English echo Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh2 Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía)lbor. English cardio- Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English cardiography English echocardiography From echo + cardiography.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: ecocardiografia — use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart
  • Czech: echokardiografie — use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart
  • Finnish: sydämen ultraäänikuvaus — use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart
  • Finnish: ekokardiografia — use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart
  • French: échocardiographie — use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart
  • Hungarian: echokardiográfia — use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart
  • Indonesian: ekokardiografi — use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart
  • Italian: ecocardiografia — use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart
  • Portuguese: ecocardiografia — use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart
  • Russian: эхокардиография (exokardiografija) — use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart
  • Spanish: ecocardiografía — use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart
  • Turkish: ekokardiyografi — use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart
  • Turkish: kalp ultrasonu — use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart